4-Day Luxury Desert Tour from Marrakech to Erg Chigaga via Ouarzazate
Highlights
Marrakech, Aït Benhaddou, Ouarzazate, Zagora, Erg Chegaga
Locations Covered
Marrakech, Aït Benhaddou, Ouarzazate, Zagora, Erg Chegaga
sightseeing, luxury, Desert
Private Tour
4 Days
Easy
English
Description
Drive from Marrakech to Erg Chigaga dunes through the desert; the journey will allow you to discover authentic Morocco. Explore the Atlas Mountains and pass through exotic Berber villages. Enjoy a unique luxury camping experience in Erg Chigaga dunes. Witness the colour change of sand dunes and enjoy camel trekking, sandboarding and quad biking, if you will.
Itinerary
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Day 1: Marrakech to Ait Benhaddou
- At 09:00 am, start your luxury desert tour from your riad or hotel in Marrakech, where your driver will meet you.
- Drive through Atlas mountains and enjoy the scenic route.
- Sip a cup of tea while enjoying your panoramic view of Tizi n’Tichka Pass.
- Leave the national road to arrive at the Glaoui Kasbah.
- Continue your drive to Ait Benhaddou Kasbah and enjoy its visit.
- Travel through history and discover a UNESCO heritage. Witness where some big movies were turned. Spend your night in the most amazing hotels in the area.
- Accommodations: Ksar Ighnda, if available (or similar)
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Day 2: Ait Benhaddou to Ouarzazate to Agdz to Zagora to M’hamid to Erg Chigaga Dunes
- Enjoy your breakfast in your luxury riad.
- Start the second day of your private luxury desert tour to Erg Chigaga dunes in the morning.
- Drive via Draa Valley and dozens of Berber villages. Make stops in interesting places to make breaks and take unique shots.
- Make a break in M’hamid for supplies before your go off-road. Start the real adventure by going off-road in the wide and wild spaces.
- Try the hospitality of our Berber family team and refuel with a cup of nomad tea.
- Go for a ride with your camel to the sunset. Witness the last moments of the day from the top of the big dunes of Erg Chigaga.
- Go back to your tent to take a shower or to change your clothes.
- Enjoy your dinner with your table set up especially for you at the top of a small dune near the luxury camp. Go for a unique culinary experience and enjoy each local bio and sustainably life-changing ingredient.
- Travel during your night in the desert through time by enjoying a glass of wine or tea while listening to the stories of our grandfathers—dance on the rhythms of nomadic Berber music.
- End your day by immersing yourself and your loved ones in a world of tranquillity by walking barefoot in the soft sand. Sit down and contemplate a starry sky like you’ve never seen before.
- Sleep in your luxury tent with an en-suite toilet and shower with 5-star comfort in the middle of the Moroccan desert.
- Accommodations: Our luxury desert camp in Erg Chigaga dunes
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Day 3: Erg Chigaga Dunes
- Wake up early to be part of a unique moment.
- Watch the sunshine change the colour of the sand dunes. Breathe a big fresh blow in the peacefulness and tranquillity of the morning in the desert.
- Go back to the luxury camp to have a unique breakfast. Eat nomad made bread, locally bio olive oil and locally produced eggs. Everything on your table comes from local small farmers not far from the dunes.
- Climb to the top of the big dunes and try sandboarding. Spend the morning sandboarding or go for a long camel trekking.
- Ask for quad biking (extra) if you are a mechanic sports lover. Lay down in front of your luxury tent in front of the big dunes of Erg Chigaga and read your favourite book.
- If you are a family, play a soccer match with our Berber team. Dance and sing with our family team around the fire under the stars at night.
- Sleep in your luxury tent in a unique glamping travel experience.
- Accommodations: Our luxury desert camp in Erg Chigaga dunes
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Day 4: Erg Chigaga Dunes to Iriqui Lake to Foum Zguid to Marrakech
- Have your delicious breakfast.
- Drive off-road through the dunes. Take crazy shots in Iriqui Lake.
- Visit the American gas station used to film the movie “Hills Have Eyes”.
- Make some stops to stretch your legs and take photos.
- Arrive in Marrakech by the end of the day (around 6 pm).
What's Included
What's Excluded
Know Before You Go
Meeting Point
Cancellation Policy
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For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -
Refund of 80% of the tour price.
Price
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1 to 1 | /person |
2 to 4 | /person |
5 to 7 | /person |
Child | |
1 to 2 | /person |
This is a private tour |